Adjustable deck-support for cars



J. B. SHELTON.

ADJUSTABLE DECK SUPPORT FOR CARS.

APPLICATION FILEO OCT-8.1919.

1 349,735, Patented Au. 17, 1920.

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J. B. SHELTON.

ADJUSTABLE DECK SUPPORT FOR CARS.

APPL ICATION FILED OCT-8,1919.

1,349,735. Patented Aug 17, 1920.

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JOHN BELL SHELTON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, onmromvm.

ADJUSTABLE DECK-SUPPORT FOR CARS.

To all whom it may concern."

State of California, have invented. a certam new and useful Improvement1n Adjustable Deck-Supports for Cars, and dc:

clarc the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it pertainsto make and use thesame, refercnce being had to the accompanying draw:ings, which form a part of this specifics, tion. j

My invention relates to an adjustable deck support for a combinedfreight or stock car. shown in the accompanying drawings and moreparticularly described in the following specification-and claims. j Oneof the objectsof his invention is to provide a deck support for anadjustable double deck freight or stock car which is seciu'edto theupright members of the frame of the carand 1s adapted to swing betweenslats of the car. regularly secured to said upright members. Much timeand labor is thus saved: in fitting up a carwith devices for supportingan adjustable deck in an elevated position. l

. Another feature of the invention c011 sists in so constructing thecasting which supportsthe swinging arm or bracket that it may be used oneither side of the ear- 1 n other "WO I'tlS there are no rights or leftsas usual "in adjustable deck supporting. de* vices now. in common usethus the time and laholiof sorting out .the rights from the lefts issaved when fitting up a car,

A further advantag of the present in; vention over devices previouslyemployedis due to. a great reduction in the weight the several partsemployed without sacrificin; the strength of thesupportiug device.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as, thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in the coin: bination andarrangement of partsiand in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes may be made inthesprecise embodiment of the" invention herein disclosed withoutdeparting from. the spirit of the same. l i

Specificationof Lettcrs latentr Patented Aug. 1'7, 1920. Applicationfiled October a, 1919. Serial No. 329,219.

Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssectional view through a car showing thedevice in position to support its adjustable deck.

Fig. 3 isafragmentary plan view of an adjustable deck car with the roofren'1o\'*ed.-showing means for raising the adjustable deck and in dottedlines the deck supporting devices as they would appear when sustainingthe latter.

i Fig. 4 is an .enlarged detail sectional view, showing the devicesecured to a fragment of one of the upright posts of the car frame andin position tosustain the adjustable deck,-a fragment of which is shown.

Fig, 5 is a perspectiveview of the L shaped casting securedpto one ofthe uprights of the car fran'ie and in which the swinging armor bracketis pivoted.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view through the device as when attached toan upright post ofthe car frame taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 4:. j j

1; leferring now to the letters of reference ]')laced upon thelrawings:-. a

A, denotes a freight car. P, a right and left screw-t1]readed. shaftextendinglongitudinally within thecar and supported by suitable hangerssecured to the roof tim-. hers. C, is a ratchet lever for actuating theshaft. j D, D, are traveling beams carried respectively by. the rightand left screwthreaded portions of the shaft. E E are hoisting cablessecured to the ends of the respective beams l), D. and supported byferred to here that the operation of the present invention may bereadily understood( I J, denotes an L-shaped casting adapted to bebolted to the upright members K of the car frame between the usualspaced slats L nailed to said upright members. J indicates a pan of proecting ears, spaced apart and formed integral with the L-shaped Too edbolts @3- carried by i-ansn loosely ernbraeeatl'ie verticalpi-i'i's'M-that the several armsf be operated as a unit',-the preferredairrang'efinent being to group toge'tlier the se'i' eral"supporting armson each side of the entrance" doors" S, as clearly. indicated in Fig; Iorthe'drawingsz 7 T, is a r'einotable pin supported by a chain U,s'ecured to thecarfrztn'ie which is adaptedtoentei" an aperture t in aier-ej e'etingearsJ oiitl're L-shaped eastirig' for securing the swinging"arririn its closed or open position asm'ay be required.

' Having indicated-the several parts by r'ejf-' er'elree letters,v itwill be appar'eiit' that the adjustable deck when" r'ai'sed by means ofits operating mechanism, may be supported in its elevated position byswinging the suppoi-ti" arms" beneath the frame of the' deckwhicli'i'sthenlowered so that the dowel pins on the swinging arms mayenter the holt's provided iiithe' frame of the deck for'th'eirrec'eptionz' v7 3 j p If desired the dowel pin on the'end' of the armsmay be dispensed with, I

removable T is now inserted in the hole 25 in the Lshap'ed'eastingto's'ecure" the swingiag arms in their open position for supporting theadjustablede'ek. 1

When it is desired to" lower the deck the pins T first remjoved, thedeck is" theii raised sufficiently to permit the swinging arms to beshifted out of the path of the' adjustable dee'k' whi'e'h is thefilowered to the .fioorof the" cari+the pins' T being in} serted as beforebut onthe' oppositeside of the swinging arms to secure the latter intheir closed position.

li laving'thus described my invention, what I claimisf I 1. In a carofthecliar'actei'described, an adj ustable platform, means" for raisingand lowering" s'aidplafiform, means for supportmg saidplatforni'whenraised; comprising a pluralityof castings adapted to be secured td'sii'acedup'r'ight members of thecar tr'ame,

cited" to each of said castings adapted to swing beneath the platform tosupport the latter, and also between the upright members of the caririxnie and out of the pathol the platform, that the latter may belowered to the floor of the ear, and slats connected with the free endsof a plurality of said swinging bracket arms, whereby they may beoperated simultaneously.

2. Ina car of the character described, an adjustable platform, means forraising and lowerin said platter-m, means for supporting said platformwhen raised comprising a plurality of castings adapted to be bolted tospat-ed upright members of the ear frame, a horizontally swingingbracketarm pivoted to each of said castings adapted to swin b'e'iieath theplatform to support the latter and also to swingbetwee'n the uprightmenr of the car frame out of the pa'th'of the adjustable plat forni,and'a fastening device arranged to' secure said swingmg arms in theiropen or closed positions.

In a' ear of the character described, an adjustable platform,uitan'si'oi' raising and lowering said platform, nieans for supportingsaid platform when raised comprising" a p'hu'rralityo'f castingsadapted" to be bolted to spaced upright members of the car frame, arelatively short horizontally swinging bra'eliet ai'm pivoted to'cach ofthe castings adapted to swiiig' under the platform to support the lattera'nd also'to swing between the upright members of the car frame out ofthe path of said platform whereby the platform may be lowered, anda"removablevertibalpin adapted to enter an aperture in saidcasting'sfand arranged to secure the swinging, bracket aims in theiropen oi closed" positions;

at. In a car of the character described, an adjustable platform, meansfor raising and lowering said platfori'n, means for supporting saidplatform when raised comprising a plurality of L-shaped castings adaptedto be bolted to the upright ineiiihers of the var frame, a h'oiiiohtallyswinging arm pivoted between ears" integral with the L-sliaped castings,railsconnectin j a plurality of said arms together for simultaneousoperation, and removable vertical pins'adaptcd to enter holes providedin the ears of said' castings and'arranged to secure the swingingbrackets in their open or closed positions;

51 In a car of the character described, an adjustable platform, meansfor raising. and lowering said plat'loriii, means for supportingsaidplati'ormfwheiiraised, comprising a plurality of castings adapted to bebolted. to the upright members of the ear frame, a swingingarm pivotedto each of said castings having at its free end an upstanding vertiea'ldowel pin adapted to enterdowel holes provided in the frame of saidadjustable platform, means for securing the swinging arnis in either anopen or closed position with reference to the adjustable platform, and arail loosely connected with the dowel pins of the free ends of saidswinging arms whereby they may be operated as a unit.

6. In a car of the character described, an adjustable platform, meansfor raising and lowering said platform, means for supporting saidplatform when raised, comprising a plurality of castings adapted to bebolted to the upright members of the car frame, a horizontally swingingarm pivoted to each of said castings having at its free end anupstanding dowel pin adapted to enter dowel holes provided in the frameof said adjustable platform, means for securing the swing ends of therespective swinging arms, whereby the latter may be opened or closed asa unit.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twoWitnesses.

JOHN BELL SHELTON.

Witnesses GUY V. FLEMING, E. R. MCLEAN.

